Hackers Creek
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| Hackers Creek | |
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 Hackers Creek in Jane Lew in 2006
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| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Watershed | 58 mi² (150 km²) [1] |
| Source | |
| - location | northern Upshur County |
| - coordinates | [2] |
| - elevation | 1,367 ft (417 m) [3] |
| Mouth | West Fork River |
| - location | southern Harrison County |
| - coordinates | [2] |
| - elevation | 984 ft (300 m) [2] |
Hackers Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River in north-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 58 square miles (150 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
Hackers Creek rises approximately five miles (8 km) north of Buckhannon in northern Upshur County and flows westwardly into northeastern Lewis County, where it turns northwestwardly and flows through the town of Jane Lew into southern Harrison County, where it joins the West Fork River from the southeast, approximately three miles (5 km) northwest of Jane Lew.[4]
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 69% of the Hackers Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 28% is used for pasture and agriculture, and less than 1% is urban.[1]
[edit] Variant spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hackers Creek has also been known historically as:[2]
- Hacker's Creek
- Hackers Crick
- Heackers Creek
- Heckers Creek
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Watershed Atlas Project. West Fork River. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Geographic Names Information System. Geographic Names Information System entry for Hackers Creek (Feature ID #1539819). Retrieved on February 19, 2007.
- ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. p.36. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
